Talith

they/them | elu/ele/ela
Based in
Berlin, Germany
Performing Arts
Writing
Education & Research
Cultural Production
transdisciplinary artist | drag performer | storyteller
Open to new jobs and projects

bio

I am a genderfluid Brazilian transdisciplinary artist currently based in Berlin. Above anything else, I consider myself a storyteller and I use various forms of media to shape my stories, including writing, performing, filmmaking, and acting. I grew up in a rural village in Minas Gerais, and thanks to my artist/educator mother's influence, I was encouraged to explore my artistic side from an early age. I acted in plays that were part of a travelling theatre designed to educate the public about environmental issues in the Mantiqueira region, and I also produced short documentaries.

As an avid reader since childhood, I am an autodidact who has learned many things and skills through self-study and observing others. I studied International Relations at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, but quickly became disillusioned with the academic world, which seemed to reproduce violent structures. However, I still managed to draw valuable knowledge from university - not only from inside the classroom - such as decolonialism, feminism, and queer theory. I carried these ideas into my art as a way of sharing the knowledge I gained in a more accessible language than academic jargon.

After moving to Berlin, I started exploring drag performance through the character of Lilith the Quing. Drag is as political and interdisciplinary as it gets, and this allowed me to merge and integrate all of my passions together: art, writing, film, performance, queerness, gender-bending, music, dance, fashion, acting, crafting, and activism. I often use discarded materials, repurposing them as a sustainable and anti-capitalist choice.

In 2021, I participated in the project dramaqueer and wrote the theater play Mind the Gap. I am pursuing a Master's degree in Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies with a focus on Gender Studies. My research is about drag and non-binarity in Brazil.

Photo by Pata Popovaite